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Jimmy Carter, 99, Has 'Physically Diminished' and 'Can't Do Much on His Own' After Being in Hospice for Over 19 Months, Says Grandson

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Jimmy Carter, 99, has 'physically diminished' amid his hospice care, his grandson said.

Sept. 18 2024, Published 8:20 p.m. ET

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Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason Carter shared more details about how the ex-president is holding up just days before he turns 100 on October 1.

“He’s doing okay,” Jason said of Jimmy while at the “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song" birthday concert on September 17.

“I mean he’s been in hospice for over 19 months now and he has really physically diminished and can’t do much on his own, but he is emotionally engaged and still having experiences and laughing, loving,” he added.

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Jimmy Carter's grandson revealed how he's doing.

As OK! previously reported, Jason previously spoke about his grandmother in more detail while talking to Southern Living in June.

Jason revealed there's "really been no change" in his grandfather's health in the past few years.

“After 77 years of marriage… I just think none of us really understand what it’s like for him right now,” Jason said, referring to his romance with Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 at 96 years old. “We have to embrace that fact, that there’s things about the spirit that you just can’t understand.”

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Jimmy Carter turns 100 on October 1.

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One month prior, Jason gave an update about a month ago while speaking at the 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum, stating the former president "is doing OK."

“He really is, I think, coming to the end that, as I’ve said before, there’s a part of this faith journey that is so important to him,” he continued. “And there’s a part of that faith journey that you only can live at the very end. And I think he has been there in that space.”

Jason recalled visiting his grandfather recently, where they watched the Atlanta Braves together. “‘People ask me how you’re doing and I say, I don’t know’ and he said, ‘Well, I don’t know myself,’" Jason recalled of their conversation.

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Jimmy Carter entered hospice 19 months ago.

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Jimmy entered hospice care at his Plains, Ga., home in February 2023. He did come out of hiding when he was seen at Rosalynn's funeral, where he appeared frail in his wheelchair.

“My grandmother’s passing was a difficult moment for all of us, including my grandfather,” Jason noted.

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Jimmy Carter wants to stay alive to vote for Kamala Harris.

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“The outpouring of love and support that we as a family received from the people in this room and from the rest of the world was so remarkable and meaningful for us and really turned this process into a celebration,” he told the audience.

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